I have to admit I was rooting for ND. For one, my college roommate whom I haven't seen in years but is arriving far an overnight visit in a couple hours is from South Bend originally and Brian Kelly got his coaching start and first National Championship at the division 2 school where I work.

i have some friends and ex in-laws who live in ohio -- and think the big 10 is the be all end all when it comes to football (i think that's soo cute) -- and i enjoyed pointing out telling them that over the last 4 years the northernmost team playing for the national championship is located in clemson, south carolina.

2,000 miler

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Perhaps Nick Saban wins another championship tonight. But I thought it was interesting what I heard on a national radio show this morning, "there are third world dictators that are nicer guys than Nick Saban".

The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General

Perhaps Nick Saban wins another championship tonight. But I thought it was interesting what I heard on a national radio show this morning, "there are third world dictators that are nicer guys than Nick Saban".

alabama vs clemson. ugh. who do you root for?

kinda like makin a choice between putin and castro.

tony kornheiser hates saban. he asked saban if he was going to quit the dolphins -- saban looked him right in the eyes and flat out lied to him. kornheiser has never forgiven him for that.

I'm happy with the result of the Championship game. We're an ACC family since my kids' schools represent 33% of the 12 ACC teams. And it's easier to accept Pitt's loss to Clemson in this year's ACC Championship game since it was to the eventual #1 team. H2P!

Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Winding Stair Gap NC,Max Patch to Franconia Notch NH and the Gale River Trail to Crawford Notch NH.

ESPN has apologized for playing the Confederate Civil War anthem "Dixie" during its Colts-Texans NFL wild-card telecast Saturday.

Some TV viewers accused ESPN of racial insensitivity on social media after watching the graphic depicting Colts quarterback Andrew Luck as a Civil War officer while "Dixie" sounded in the background.

In a weird, ahistorical touch, Luck's blue-clad Union officer is "protected" by soldiers/offensive linemen wearing both the grey and blue uniforms of the Confederate and Union armies.

The identity politics and people getting upset over stuff like this has gotten pretty ridiculous.

Perhaps I should start protesting about insensitivity to being vertically challenged, never mind the insensitivity of ageism, and the curse of being male in 2019. I could go on and on, as could probably everyone else here. Lets just enjoy life and move on (especially things that are supposed to just be for entertainment).

The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General

It's not their eyes that is the problem, it's their wallets. The games were choreographed so both would be overtime. You could even see when Hulk Hogan (Brady) started to vibrate and dance, you knew the Iron Sheik (KC) was in trouble. Anyone notice how many massive helmet to helmet hits in both games were completely ignored by the refs and the announcers.

this is the medical marijuana ad that CBS rejected for the super bowl.

The networks, Google, Facebook, the and elites controls and curate what we are allowed to view, consider and believe. The level of censorship that is going on should frighten all Americans.

doesn't frighten me, it's a private company deciding whose money they'll take according to their own reasons. probably hundreds of ads that don't get aired during the super bowl or other times. you gonna yell censorship about them too?

this is the medical marijuana ad that CBS rejected for the super bowl.

The networks, Google, Facebook, the and elites controls and curate what we are allowed to view, consider and believe. The level of censorship that is going on should frighten all Americans.

doesn't frighten me, it's a private company deciding whose money they'll take according to their own reasons. probably hundreds of ads that don't get aired during the super bowl or other times. you gonna yell censorship about them too?

i doubt that cbs has turned down hundreds of ads from companies willing to pay the going rate of $5 million or so during the super bowl.

cbs is not running the ad as it is "against their policy" which of course is the definition of censorship.

Donham’s First Law of Censorship,“Most citizens are implacably opposed to censorship in any form — except censorship of whatever they personally happen to find offensive”

i would add, many citizens oppose "censorship noise" when a private entity or individual refuses to spread what they feel is "garbage" or is against their policy, that includes big corporations like CBS. instead vote with your dollars or viewership, save the censorship argument for governments where it belongs.

It's like accusing Rasty of censorship for not allowing political discussion on this forum. Speaking of which...

When libraries are forced to remove "offensive" books from shelf it is censorship. When libraries choose not to purchase "offensive" books, it is called collection development. The reality is that no library can purchase every book so it is up to the professionals to determine what books to buy. It doesn't make a difference if it is a public or private entity. The same is true for the media. It is naive to think that any human activity is, was, or could be objective.

My brother in law lives near Oxford, he and his whole family are Ole Miss fans, a vendor gave him several of these and he passed one along to me (MS fan), I believe he was trying to get them out of his yard before the neighbors saw them.

On one had you have to admire Belichick and New England for all of the success they have had. But unfortunately on the other hand like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens there is always that nagging question of where greatness ended and the cheating took over.

The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General

On one had you have to admire Belichick and New England for all of the success they have had. But unfortunately on the other hand like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens there is always that nagging question of where greatness ended and the cheating took over.

On one had you have to admire Belichick and New England for all of the success they have had. But unfortunately on the other hand like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens there is always that nagging question of where greatness ended and the cheating took over.

no nagging question here. i leave that to the cry babies.

No crying here. I really do not care about the NFL or the Superbowl. More of a fan of leadership and the combination of character and greatness.
Just a valid point about how a lack of character can tarnish the great things you have done with your life.

The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General